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Algeria drafts wartime mobilization bill amid regional tensions
ALGIERS (AP) — Algeria's government proposed a law to streamline military mobilization amid tensions with neighboring countries Morocco and Mali, as well as former colonial ruler France.The text, set...
Germany’s SPD approves coalition deal, paving way for new government
Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc in a members' ballot, paving the way for the new German government to take...
Video shows Holy Week procession, not Catholics honouring Pope Francis
As royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful headed to Rome following Pope Francis's death, a video was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it...
Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water
One of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public that local drinking water was polluted, according...
Former South Korean Special Forces YouTuber Fined Dalgeun Yu for Assaulting Controversial American Streamer Johnny Somali
A former elite soldier from South Korea’s Underwater Demolition Team (UDT/SEAL), now a prominent YouTuber, has been fined by the South Korean judicial system after publicly assaulting notorious American...
‘We had jobs’: Rural Romania turns to faith and far-right ahead of presidential election rerun
SASCHIZ, Romania (AP) — In a picturesque village in central Romania, 83-year-old Zoica Roth bemoans the lack of opportunities for young people and says she's not convinced that an...
Cash, tinned food and radio news: Making it through one of Europe’s biggest ever power cuts
The power is out and nothing is working. How am I supposed to get through the day?That was the question faced by millions of people on Monday across Spain...
Mexican mayoral candidate killed in Gulf coast town at start of municipal campaigns
XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — On the first day of campaigning for municipal elections in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, armed men killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing...
Spain’s grid operator rules out cyberattack that led to 3 deaths
Spanish electricity grid operator Red Eléctrica on Tuesday ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the power blackout that struck the Iberian Peninsula, as it emerged that three...
UN chief Guterres honours late pope Francis at memorial service
UN Secretary-General António Guterres honoured the late pope Francis as a "messenger of hope" adding that it is now the world's responsibility "to carry this hope forward."Guterres, at a...
